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<p><strong>Here's a riddle: </strong>What is it that almost every organization believes it needs, many organizations have, and few organizations use? The answer is an IT strategy.</p>
<p>CEOs and CFOs task new <span word="CIOs" data-scaytid="1">CIOs</span> and old <span word="CIOs" data-scaytid="2">CIOs</span> alike with developing an IT strategy. But despite the millions of dollars, pounds, <span word="euros" data-scaytid="4">euros,</span> and yen spent on creating IT strategy every year, few of these strategies will be put to effective use. The IT strategy is the foundation upon which <span word="CIOs" data-scaytid="3">CIOs</span> communicate the value of IT across the enterprise. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, only 18% of organizations have IT teams that communicate the value of IT effectively.</p><a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/nigel_fenwick/13-09-20-business_technology_strategy_template" title="Read the rest of &#039;Business Technology Strategy Template&#039;." class="node_read_more">Read more</a><div class="categories"><h3>Categories:</h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy_term_10503 first"><a href="/category/bt_strategy" rel="tag" alt="See other content with this tag." title="See other content with this tag.">BT strategy</a></li>
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</ul></div>http://blogs.forrester.com/nigel_fenwick/13-09-20-business_technology_strategy_template#commentsBT strategyCIOIT strategyStrategytemplatetoolsFri, 20 Sep 2013 18:56:40 +0000Nigel Fenwick9800 at http://blogs.forrester.comSuddenly, Dell Is A Software Company!http://blogs.forrester.com/glenn_odonnell/12-02-16-suddenly_dell_is_a_software_company
<p>The <a href="http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> brand is one of the most recognizable in technology. It was born a hardware company in 1984 and deservedly rocketed to fame, but it has always been about the hardware. In 2009, its big <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2009-09-21-Perot-Systems">Perot Systems acquisition</a> marked the first real departure from this hardware heritage. While it made numerous software acquisitions, including some good ones like <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/press-releases/2010-7-1-acquire-scalent"><span word="Scalent" data-scaytid="1">Scalent</span></a>, <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2010-11-02-boomi"><span word="Boomi" data-scaytid="2">Boomi</span></a>, and <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2010-2-11-Kace-Acquisition"><span word="KACE" data-scaytid="3">KACE</span></a>, it remains a marginal player in software. That is about to change.</p>
<p>About two weeks ago, Dell <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-02-02-dell-new-software-group.aspx">announced</a> it formed a new software group. In itself, this is not necessarily big news, but what gets us excited about Dell's potential to finally become a serious software player lies in the man they hired to lead this new group. The new President of Dell Software Group is none other than <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-swainson/10/243/984">John <span word="Swainson" data-scaytid="4">Swainson</span></a>, the same guy who rescued <a href="http://www.ca.com">CA </a>from the <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394334/index.htm">brink of collapse</a> and turned it into a truly good software company. When John left CA, it was the best it had been in its entire history. It continues to be a <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ao?s=CA+Analyst+Opinion">strong company</a> because he built it to endure.</p><a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/glenn_odonnell/12-02-16-suddenly_dell_is_a_software_company" title="Read the rest of &#039;Suddenly, Dell Is A Software Company!&#039;." class="node_read_more">Read more</a><div class="categories"><h3>Categories:</h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy_term_796 first"><a href="/category/automation" rel="tag" alt="See other content with this tag." title="See other content with this tag.">Automation</a></li>
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</ul></div>http://blogs.forrester.com/glenn_odonnell/12-02-16-suddenly_dell_is_a_software_company#commentsAutomationCADellIT InfrastructureOperationsSoftwareadaptivecloud computingconverged infrastructuredata centerexecutivesinfrastructure & operationsinfrastructure managementserverswainsonsystems managementtoolsThu, 16 Feb 2012 18:42:37 +0000Glenn O'Donnell7357 at http://blogs.forrester.com